History of Louisiana...: The Spanish dominationRedfield, 1854 - Louisiana |
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... Governor D'Abbadie , after the ces- sion of Louisiana to Spain , had expressed the wish that Louisiana should preserve the laws , institutions , and usages to which it had been so long accustomed , and had de- clared that he expected ...
... Governor D'Abbadie , after the ces- sion of Louisiana to Spain , had expressed the wish that Louisiana should preserve the laws , institutions , and usages to which it had been so long accustomed , and had de- clared that he expected ...
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... Governor had the power of convening it at any time . In his absence , one of the Alcaldes presided , and , immediately after the adjournment , two Regidores went to his house and in- formed him of what had been done . The ordinary ...
... Governor had the power of convening it at any time . In his absence , one of the Alcaldes presided , and , immediately after the adjournment , two Regidores went to his house and in- formed him of what had been done . The ordinary ...
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... Governor of the colony seems to have been subordinate ; a Governor , clothed with civil and military powers ; an Intendant , who had the administration of the revenues , and of all that concerned the naval and commercial department ; a ...
... Governor of the colony seems to have been subordinate ; a Governor , clothed with civil and military powers ; an Intendant , who had the administration of the revenues , and of all that concerned the naval and commercial department ; a ...
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... governor , or of the intendant , in their respective depart- ments . The governor exercised judicial powers in civil and criminal matters throughout the province , as did the intendant with regard to all that appertained to the revenue ...
... governor , or of the intendant , in their respective depart- ments . The governor exercised judicial powers in civil and criminal matters throughout the province , as did the intendant with regard to all that appertained to the revenue ...
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... governor , by whom the record was sent to the proper tribunal . He had the power to punish slaves , and arrest and imprison free persons charged with offences , and was bound to transmit immediate in formation of the arrest , with a ...
... governor , by whom the record was sent to the proper tribunal . He had the power to punish slaves , and arrest and imprison free persons charged with offences , and was bound to transmit immediate in formation of the arrest , with a ...
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Page 621 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Page 574 - Congress, all the military, civil and judicial powers, exercised by the officers of the existing government of the same, shall be vested in such person and persons, and shall be exercised in such manner, as the President of the United States shall direct for maintaining and protecting the inhabitants of Louisiana in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and religion.
Page 622 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Page 621 - Until Congress shall provide for the government of such islands all the civil, judicial, and military powers exercised by the officers of the existing government in said islands shall be vested in such person or persons and shall be exercised in such manner as the President of the United States shall direct ; and the President shall have power to remove said officers and fill the vacancies so occasioned.
Page 640 - THE President of the United States of America, and the First Consul of the French Republic, in the name of the French people, desiring to remove all source of misunderstanding relative to objects of discussion, mentioned in the second and fifth articles of the convention of the 8th...
Page 492 - ... the authority of the United States, employ any part of the army and navy of the United States...
Page 521 - Irresolution and deliberation are no longer- in season. I renounce Louisiana. It is not only New Orleans that I will cede, it is the whole colony without any reservation.
Page 621 - Congress, unless provision for the temporary government of the said territories be sooner made by Congress, all the military, civil and judicial powers, exercised by the officers of the existing government of the same, shall...
Page 552 - He believed the assent of each individual State to be necessary for the admission of a foreign country as an associate in the Union : in like manner as in a commercial house, the consent of each member would be necessary to admit a new partner into the company ; and whether the assent of every State to such an indispensable amendment were attainable, was uncertain.
Page 642 - As it is reciprocally advantageous to the commerce of France and the United States to encourage the communication of both nations for a limited time in the country ceded by the present treaty, until general arrangements relative to the commerce of both nations may be agreed upon, it has been agreed between the contracting...